EXC vs. DUK, PCG, PEG, ED, XEL, WEC, AEE, CMS, LNT, and NI
Should you be buying Exelon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exelon include Duke Energy (DUK), PG&E (PCG), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), Xcel Energy (XEL), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), Alliant Energy (LNT), and NiSource (NI). These companies are all part of the "electric & other services combined" industry.
Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) and Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and earnings.
In the previous week, Duke Energy had 15 more articles in the media than Exelon. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Duke Energy and 17 mentions for Exelon. Duke Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Exelon's score of 0.80 indicating that Exelon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Duke Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Exelon. Exelon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Duke Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Duke Energy currently has a consensus target price of $102.46, suggesting a potential downside of 1.07%. Exelon has a consensus target price of $39.08, suggesting a potential upside of 4.08%. Given Duke Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Exelon is more favorable than Duke Energy.
Duke Energy has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exelon has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Duke Energy received 538 more outperform votes than Exelon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.67% of users gave Duke Energy an outperform vote while only 45.19% of users gave Exelon an outperform vote.
65.3% of Duke Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of Exelon shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Duke Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Exelon shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Duke Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Exelon pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Duke Energy pays out 103.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Exelon pays out 65.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Duke Energy has increased its dividend for 19 consecutive years and Exelon has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Exelon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Duke Energy has a net margin of 10.78% compared to Duke Energy's net margin of 10.44%. Duke Energy's return on equity of 9.27% beat Exelon's return on equity.
Summary
Duke Energy beats Exelon on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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